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No, but see, this isn't really a "problem" that needs to be "solved". The market has dynamically determined that working people are plentiful and worthless, and therefore pays them appropriately. Everyone gets what they objectively deserve in this pure, meritocratic system. Complaining indicates that you are jealous, lazy, and morally inferior.

The ones that championed it never really called it that, its been a critique of conservative monetary policy since Williams Jennings Bryan (that was the first in the US at least) in 1896 - though he said that they:

"believe that if you just legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, that their prosperity will leak through on those below"

Wages have been stagnant since women entered the workforce. Up to this point as demand grew for labor, the supply for that labor was limited and drove up the cost of labor. But once women entered the workforce, it effectively doubled the supply and therefore reduced the cost of labor. We haven’t hit a point where we need more labor than we have people. Once we hit that point, pay will begin rising again. study

how can paychecks grow when millions are missing. you can check with your state if you are missing a paycheck. lots of people have paychecks they are owed. you think capitalist are going to tell you that

One of the big factor is an increase in the size of labor market (more people have joined it as the economy has recovered from 2009). So while unemployment has gone down the the number of people who are considered unemployed has remained stagnant. Therefore the worker supply is higher than it should leading to lower wages.